Archive for February, 2008

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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

UCF Officials Hoping Surveillance Video Will Help Catch Videotaping Voyeur

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UCF officials are using surveillance video to try and catch a voyeur who is videotaping women on campus. The problem first surfaced when the suspect started posting the videos on-line.

UCF students were outraged that unsuspecting women are being targeted.”That is disgusting and degrading to all the girls that go to UCF,” said Ashley Tate, a UCF student.The university says they may not be able to file criminal charges because it’s not illegal to videotape someone who’s walking in public.

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UCF Scandal Defined

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

The fan mail is streaming in from fans across the state of Florida. At this time FAU (UCF’s newest rival) is leading in total quantity of feedback. UCF fans are in second (some examples provided yesterday) and USF fans third. The FAU fans are the best, as they seem to understand the intent of the site (and they seem to possess a sense of humor). For the UCF fans that don’t quite get it, allow me to copy and paste from Dictionary.com (with easy to understand UCF examples in italics - those are the curvy looking letters):

scan·dal  (skān’dl)
n.

  1. A publicized incident that brings about disgrace or offends the moral sensibilities of society: George O’Leary’s lying on his resume and the ultimate dismissal and public humiliation that followed.
  2. A person, thing, or circumstance that causes or ought to cause disgrace or outrage: Former coach Gene McDowell’s cover-up, obstruction and lying to the Feds during their investigation into wrongdoing at UCF.
  3. Damage to reputation or character caused by public disclosure of immoral or grossly improper behavior; disgrace. Brandon Marshall, the poster boy for UCF scandal and his assaults on fellow students and females. Add trespassing and DUI, and you have enough to strip him from the UCF record books.
  4. Talk that is damaging to one’s character; malicious gossip. UCF fan generated lies across the internet. Coach George O’Leary manipulating the media in his reasoning as to why USF has no interest in playing UCF. Simple failures to be honest and truthful when disseminating information such as the alleged USF-UCF “rivalry.”

It seems UCF fans don’t really know what a scandal is. They think a guy divorcing is wife is a scandal. We hope to help them in this shortcoming by continuing to dig through UCF’s past and present for examples even they can understand.

Coming up soon, full details on the UCF cell phone cover-up - a look back at the scandal that defined Central Florida.

UCF football coach flees for opportunity with Big East school

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Joe Tumpkin has abruptly departed the UCF Knights football program.

“I had been hired at Central Florida on Jan. 14 and was getting started, but right after signing day I got a call from coach Bennett,” Tumpkin said. “I wanted to at least look at the opportunity and the more I looked at it, I felt like based on my past experience with coach Bennett — I learned a lot of football from him and we get along tremendously — and what I know about Dave Wannstedt it made it [a job] I couldn’t turn down.”

While not included in the Post-Gazette story one must logically conclude that Tumpkin decided there was much more to learn and achieve with the Big East’s Pitt Panthers. Having spent just over one month with the Knights, it is unclear if Tumpkin had been fully exposed to the make-believe that is UCF football. Regardless, he chose to move on with Wannstedt as head coach rather than George O’Leary - as he openly states above. A good decision for Tumpkin.

I wonder if George offered to help him with his resume?

UCF Fans’ Response to UCFScandal.com arrives as expected

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

It took a little while, but the USF-obsessed UCF fan base could no longer resist comment at UCF Scandal. Granted it has little to do with the topics at hand, but the comments give us a clear insight into the deranged mind of the UCF public.

Check out the blog response here from dear “Wil” to the alleged rivalry with USF.

But that’s not all. UCF fans have even emailed their thoughts and feelings, here is a sample of what’s come in so far to scoop@ucfscandal.com. What they don’t realize is they are not providing any “scoop.” Wise up tinmen.

Here’s my favorite so far, and winner of the weekly award, from GoldenUCFKnight9 (I’ll censor the ignorant profanity - I’m not sure, but I’d guess all Knights aren’t as profane and empty):

YOUR SITE IS F****** LAME

WHERE ARE YOUR “SCANDALS?”

YOU ARE A F****** DOUCHE

STOP YOUR CRYING - THE ONLY 5 STAR RECRUITS YOU GET ARE 5-TIME FELONS!

YOUR NOT THE “U” YOU NEVER WILL BE - YOU GOT YOUR ASS KICKED BY THEM 3 YEARS AGO

STOP TRYING TO FOLLOW THE BADASS MOLD

YOUR COACH IS ON CRACK AND HE NEEDS MORE OF IT

LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU!

GO KNIGHTS!

OH AND WIN YOUR F****** CONFERENCE ALREADY - BOTTOM FEEDER

And to honor the weakest of the weak, from “Ryan”:

I find the existence of this website odd since UCF is generally known for being a clean program on the up and up. Did you mean to name this site USFscandal.com? I believe you might’ve registered the wrong domain name.

Certainly both psychopaths sent their warm regards at the upstart of the blog. There is quite a bit of reading for these little guys to do, providing they’re able.

There is plenty more to come from UCF Scandal, both new and old as we continue our mission to illustrate what really happens at UCF (besides losing).

UCF Pipe Dreamers Attempt to sell “Rivalry with USF” in ticket push

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

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Orlando, Florida - In an inexcusable fashion, the UCF athletic administration has elected to attempt to drive season ticket sales by continuing to market a “rivalry with USF”. The UCF Athletics official site states that “next season’s six-game home slate features non-conference opponents: South Carolina State in the season-opener, followed by in-state rival South Florida…”

How desperate is that? A rival implies a rivalry. After years of begging for a series with USF, South Florida finally conceded as part of their deal to exit the soon-to-be decimated non-BCS Conference USA. Now a member of an the even weaker “C-USA”, UCF attempts to mislead others by claiming to be a rival of USF. The Bulls, a member of the BCS Big East conference, reached as high as #2 in the country last year after absolutely dismantling an outplayed and outcoached UCF team 64-12.

That was the third straight win for the Bulls who now lead the football series with UCF 3-0. The final installment will be played this year. South Florida has no interest in playing UCF again. There is very little value to a rising program like USF to play a team as poor and under equipped as UCF.

Rival?

Don’t buy it.

CSTV.com, OFFICIAL PARTNER OF UCF, says UCF Football not “a whole lot”

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

In a stinging indictment of the UCF football program, CSTV.com’s Adam Caparell wrote that in considering UCF for the potential Big East expansion they bring little, if anything to the table.

“The casual teams that have been thrown out as possible additions - Conference USA teams like Memphis, UCF and ECU - don’t add a whole lot“, said Caparell on the CSTV.com website.

UCF and Conference USA both partners of CSTV.com must be reeling at the thought of their partner exposing them as such lightweight players in the world of college football. Caparell goes on in his article to suggest a MAC team might be a better future Big East member than UCF.

All this amid UCF’s annual season ticket drive. As the 6th best team in the state, the timing on this cold dose of reality couldn’t have been worse.

Joke of the Day

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

UCF FANS!!!!

Typical UCF fans:

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Gross.

UCF enrolls and employees sex offenders, makes notice to public

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

UCF Scandal exclusive:

As part of our ongoing commitment to truth and safety, UCF Scandal brings to you directly from the pages of the UCF Police Department a list of sexual predators knowingly employed or enrolled by the University of Central Florida.

View the list here

UCF states on their law enforcement page listing known sexual predators “The University of Central Florida Police Department will make notifications to the community of any one who is enrolled or employed to the university.”

Well UCF students, you got that going for you.  Please visit the link above to identify the sexual predators in your class and/or neighborhood.  Names are not listed here as they are certain to change.   Protect yourself.

UCF’s Hitt says school “could badly use those funds”

Friday, February 15th, 2008

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University leaders’ plea: We need $1 billion more

University of Central Florida President John Hitt said the school “could badly use those funds.”

“This year we’re expecting a cut of between 3 and 4 percent in the base budget,” Hitt said. “It means there will be fewer class sections and more students in classes. We’re not at a crisis point there, but we’re not where we’d like to be as we’re perceived around the nation. . . . It’s not good.”

Like all Florida universities, UCF has capped freshman enrollment for the current year. But with deeper budget reductions on the horizon, Hitt said the university may be forced to reduce admissions for students who get associate’s degrees from community colleges, a historic pathway to a bachelor’s degree in Florida.

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Joke of the Day

Friday, February 15th, 2008

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